So Much To Tell.

Well, it has been entirely too long since I have said anything about Landmark's green initiatives so I will attempt to catch up a bit. First, our aluminum can and plastic bottle "Recycle Rally" is underway and we have collected over 5,000 items for collection by Waste Management who has generously donated a dumpster to the school for this year. Waste Management and Pepsico have teamed up to offer incentives to schools who collect cans and bottles. The proceeds from this collection goes toward a program for  post-9/11 disabled veterans by helping them become successful entrepreneurs. You can see more details by following their website at www.dreammachinerecyclerally.com
 

Secondly, our greenhouse efforts were in full swing this fall thanks to the efforts of Mark Van Wagoner, Andy Neves and their students. We have just sold almost 200 poinsettias grown by students! Merry Christmas to us! It was a fun and educational opportunity. We have been very busy building a demonstration garden of raised beds near the greenhouse so the public will be able to see complimentary plants together in the spring during our bedding plant sale. We will also be growing planters for people to pick up in the spring so if you are interested in bringing a planter for us to fill an start, call the school at 801-798-4030.

Our school is transforming and we are all lucky to be a part of it!

Recycling Program Begins

Well, we finally kicked off the Recycle Rally for this year! The Leadership class organized the assembly for the student body complete with pictures and information, a student produced recycling public service announcement and some "Minute to Win It" games for advisory classes. All in all, the word is out and the work begins.

We are now competing through April 12th against schools across the country for "green" cash and prizes. We hope to win one of the large cash prizes of $10,000 or $50,000. This could go a long way in greening up our campus.  One of our goals is to pass the word to other schools in our district about the benefits of recycling in hopes that they, too, will become involved.

We want to continue to make a meaningful impact on our communities and show that although we are small in number, we are large in heart and strength. As our students have witnessed in years passed, it takes only one person to make a difference.

Landmark's Recycle Rally

It is a new school year at Landmark High, we are getting started on our recycling project, we are participating in the Recycle Rally from Pepsi. Help with what you can. Water bottles, soda bottles and soda cans are what we are recycling. All help is needed and greatly appreciated . Alcoholic containers are NOT welcome! We are looking forward to making a big change together as a community.

Construction Update

Construction on the greenhouse is coming along. In the meantime, we are getting ready for its completion with plantings now! Then we can move what we have grown into the greenhouse.

Our New Name - "It's All Green!"

OK, I've been thinking...scary, huh? We started this whole thing out as a recycling project at our school and my students did a fantastic job with our humble beginnings, but now we are constructing a greenhouse, vermi-composting (yes, that is worms), planting seedlings, teaching floriculture and getting ready to re-introduce RECYCLING in the fall to our new students.
 

*Groundbreaking for our greenhouse*

We came a long way this past school year and everything we have accomplished centers around a "green movement" in our communities. I say communities because my students come from all over the South Valley area and can make a positive "green" contribution in their respective home community.

So, to recognize the growth we have experienced, I changed our blog name just a bit. Maybe it will work, maybe when the students come back in the fall, they will come up with something better, but for now, I like it. Do you?

Winding Down

Winding down the school year this week. We are working on obtaining a recycling dumpster for school. 

 

This was in the garbage - ugh! This can go in the paper recycling!

We have a paper recycling dumpster that ANYONE can donate to behind our school.

Here is what we can accept in the paper dumpster.

 Help us raise money by donating. Thank you.

HEY EVERYONE! 

We are having a CARWASH fundraiser for Justin Kornacki, one of our own Landmark Dragons and a big part of our recycling efforts. He was recently in a major car accident that resulted in multiple broken bones  and his father died in the accident. 

SO PLEASE COME HELP OUR LANDMARK BROTHER.

$5 Per Car.

SATURDAY, MAY 14 FROM 11AM-4PM

Location: LANDMARK HIGH IN SPANISH FORK, 612 SO. MAIN ST.

LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM SPANISH FORK RODEO GROUNDS. 

PLEASE COME SEE US.

WE LOVE YOU JUSTIN KEEP YOUR HEAD UP ♥

Daily Herald Tells Our Story

Landmark High School leads recycling effort

Follow the link and see what they say! Very exciting!

Recycling Kick Off Assembly

Tomorrow, Friday, May 6th, Landmark High School will be having a kick off assembly for our recycling program and assemblage art projects that we have been working on for quite some time now. We will be having relay races that go with our recycling theme, learning more about the advantages of recycling, watch our project video that shows everything we have done up to now, and we will be giving our awards for the winning assemblage projects.
Today we have been busy making trophies which will be the awards for tomorrow's assembly. In keeping with our recycling theme, the trophies are made of reused objects from jewelry to gum boxes.
-By Colton Yates

Spray Painting Project

Today, students spray painted shirts for our kick-off assembly this coming Friday. We will be giving the shirts away for the class that wins the assemblage art project. Hopefully the shirts will remind the students to keep on recycling in and out of school.

  

Students spraying the shirts for recycling

 Finished. Cool!

 By -Paula Bravo

Getting The Word Out!

Tonight, four of my students gave a recycling presentation at the Spanish Fork City Council Meeting. They went over who we are, what we are doing, how we are doing it, and how the city can support us. They did a fantastic job! The presenters are Mykenna Craine, Becca Noland, Kayla Pace and Dillon Snow.

The city council and Mayor Wayne Andersen were impressed with our efforts and are allowing us to display some of our Assemblage Art projects at city facilities.

We were also approached by two media agencies who want to help us tell our story!

I want to tell ALL of my students that I am so proud of them and all of the work they have put into this project. You are all incredible! You have led out this recycling charge and started something big - you are Dragons! Thank you so much!

Alesha 

 Mykenna practices her piece.

 Becca worries about what she just got herself into with this presentation.

 Dillon is our pro - not nervous at all!

 Kayla practices greeting the mayor!

Our Earth Week Activities.

Sorting the recyclable trash.

Johnny helps plant the tree.

Patty's assemblage project.

Bobbi's assemblage project.

Our trip to the Waste Management facility.

Stuff being recycled.

Have you?

Conserving water.

Go green or go home.

Last week we celebrated Earth Week by conserving energy, planting a tree, learning about the environment, sporting our spring colors, and we started our assemblage art projects.
Assemblage art is recycling trash to make art. This project has got the students excited about recycling and more aware of what we're doing with recycling at our school.

Our Beginnings

We're students from Landmark High School. Our leadership class set up a recycling program to help the schools and community because we care about the world we live in and we feel that everyone else should, too.
Recycling is a very helpful way to better our environment because it's easy. All it takes is sorting the trash we use in our homes, schools, and work, so pretty much everywhere!

So help us out by supporting our blog and recycle.

Thank you.